Originally Posted by
cranky old dude
Could you just squirt some lube into the pedals and see if that solves the problem before buying more tools? Gawd, I can't belive I wrote that.
Though unless I'm missing something it very well could be a legitimate solution.
When I took the clipless system off, I eucred (buggered, ruined, knackered, stuffed) a couple of screws and tried to drill them out and being hamfisted (despite using a drill press) buggered that up too. Really, a sensible bear wouldn't let me anywhere near a good bike
I wouldn't be surprised if I damaged more than the alloy body of the pedal in that little incident, though I didn't think so at the time and they did a couple of hundred kms before the noise appeared - I hadn't even considered that aspect of the case until sitting here at work this morning. There was a postive side to the experience though, I DID get to attack my good bike with an angle grinder
Now that I know where the problem lies, it's becomming more of an 'what happens if I pull this apart' type experience than purely trying to solve a problem. Yes, I know that's sad but us old wombats need to have some interests in life.
Richard